2006-08-13 20:08:36 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
a cheap rundown hotel or boarding house-
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2006-08-13 20:15:48 · answer #1 · answered by R J 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A flop house was a cheap place to "flop" down for the night. It was also used as a more polite way of saying "whorehouse" in some areas.
2006-08-14 09:23:09 · answer #2 · answered by eagle1uctn 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
really cheap hotels. basically less than $5 a night, somewhere to go when you were drunk or a transient and just needed a minimal service sleeping area. its usually seen as only a step above homelessness. if you've ever read "down and out in paris and london" by george orwell, he describes them in detail - mostly just a bare room with a bed, unwashed blankets, sometimes just a common room with a lot of beds in it. this was around the 1930s though
2006-08-14 03:17:00 · answer #3 · answered by Jay 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A place for hobos, drifters.
2006-08-14 03:35:12 · answer #4 · answered by Babs 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's was the local hotel / boarding house.
sometimes also a brothel.
2006-08-14 03:19:32 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋